"on tender hooks" meaning in English

See on tender hooks in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on tender hooks, {{en-PP}} on tender hooks
  1. Misconstruction of on tenterhooks Tags: alt-of, misconstruction Alternative form of: on tenterhooks
    Sense id: en-on_tender_hooks-en-prep_phrase-oPv8rppL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English misconstructions

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